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Coal Trade

German Hard Coal Imports Could Fall by a fifth in 2021

The 2021 decline will mark the sixth consecutive year in which imports have dropped and brings the full-year result down to about half of the 57.2 million tonne…

Hydrogen Project

Total and Engie Partner to Develop France's Largest Renewable Hydrogen Production Site

Total and Engie have signed a cooperation agreement to design, develop, build and operate the Masshylia project, France's largest renewable hydrogen production …

Crude Oil

Norway Sees Crude Output at 2mn b/d in 2025

Crude production offshore Norway will increase to more than 2mn b/d in 2025 from 1.7mn b/d now, much of it from the giant Johan Sverdrup field, the Norwegian Pe…

Market Analysis

China on Track to Supplant US as Top Nuclear Energy Purveyor

The paper also pointed out that of the 54 reactors under construction in countries around the world, 20 are related to China or Russia, and 13 are designed by C…

Natural Gas

Gas Demand Surging Toward Record

Forecasts agree this year may see 6-8% rise to reach around 360 billion cubic meters of fuel.

Crude Oil

Sudan, South Sudan Reach Deal to Ramp up Oil Production to 300,000 BPD

South Sudan and Sudan have reached a deal to increase oil production from the current 170,000 barrels per day to 300,000 BPD within the next three years from 20…

Nuclear Power Plant

Key Milestones to be Adjusted for Vogtle 3&4 But in-Service Dates Maintained

US-based Georgia Power expects to adjust key milestones at the Vogtle NPP, although the regulatory in-service dates for units 3 and 4 remain unchanged.

Energy Storage System

LA Company Secures Funding for 14k Distributed Energy Storage Systems

Distributed energy resources company Swell Energy is set to help utilities in three US states to ensure grid reliability by providing them with flexible energy …

Solar Cell

Fraunhofer ISE Develops Technique to Produce Glowing Colored Solar Modules

The German research institute has proposed a technique based on the surface structure of the wings of the morpho butterfly to produce colored BIPV panels for fa…

Hydropower Plant

Zimbabwe: Lake Mutirikwi 5MW Power Plant Advanced

Plans to build a 5 megawatt mini-hydro power plant at Lake Mutirikwi have gathered momentum with a local firm behind the US$14 million project now awaiting an i…

Net Zero Emission

PepsiCo Aims for Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040

The Doritos chips and Tropicana juice maker said it would initially cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations by 75 per cent and by 40 per cent in areas …

Hydropower Plant

Wudongde Transmission System in Operation Ahead of Schedule

The project – constructed by China Southern Power Grid – is China's first multi-terminal UHV DC demonstration project and the world's first UHV flexible DC pr…

Coal Trade

US 2021 Coal Production Expected to Rise 15.6% on Year: EIA

The US is estimated to produce 602.6 million st of coal in 2021, the Energy Information Administration said in a Jan. 12 report, lowering its estimate from a mo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome Expands Presence in Central Europe’s Nuclear Market

French-based designer and supplier of nuclear steam supply systems, equipment and services, Framatome, has acquired the nuclear and process automation arm of Hu…

Wind Farm

Consumers Energy’s Wind Farm Commences Operations

Consumers Energy have announced that the Gratiot Farms Wind Project is operational and contributing 150 MW of clean, renewable energy to customers in Michigan, …